Nashville Predators' Martin Erat can't shake his slump

1:40 AM,
Mar. 21, 2013

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John Glennon
| The Tennessean

Over the past eight seasons, it would be hard to find a more consistent NHL player than Predators forward Martin Erat.

He totaled from 49 to 58 points in each of those years, never dipping less than 16 goals or recording fewer than 28 assists.

All of which makes this season's drought that much more confounding. Erat hasn't scored a goal in 21 games heading into tonight's game against Calgary at Bridgestone Arena, and he's produced just four assists over the past 16 games. ...